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I've been thinking... Some study conducted in some overseas country says that the average working citizen of that-country has one hour less on average than the prescribed 7 hours sleep that everyone needs...

I thought, if they have 6 hours or so sleep, and WE have 6 hours or so of sleep, then how come local students are doing as much stuff as a working adult in that-country?

Reading futher on, I grew steadily more alarmed when I read that lack of sleep compromises the immune system and can eventually lead to cancer... So, is our risking cancer due to a lack of sleep the ultimate solution to the ageing population? I think it would be less overkill to use the Death Star to assasinate an individual on a planet... Blah.

I would think it is me, but for the fact that about half at least of my classmates are doing the same thing...

So I'm accumulating a sleep debt (did I mention, "HEAVY sleep debt"?), as well as an increasing amount of bruises, bangs, dings and pits on my body, most notably, the right arm, the left arm and the right knee... Oh, and the left collarbone, due to someone who thought he could flick when actually he was wielding his foil like a sabre... Speaking of which, I went back to foil night yesterday, and using my foil against another guy for the first time in 5 or so months, I got thrashed upside down 15-2, 15-3 by a couple of individuals and won a narrow 15-14 against someone else... If anyone is watching the indiv. foil on thursday next week, I think it's going to be quite embarrassing...

Anyway, FM is closed for the next week, so we have to do our own training, but someone-in-authority-of-the-PE-department said that

a) we cannot free fence in school
b) year 2s cannot train

when the year 2s are the one's who specifically know how to carry out trainings, because we do not have a school coach per se... THEN, before the suggestion comes out,

c) it is illegal to train in public, or in fact, carry an exposed blade in a threatening manner e.g. by the handle

so we can't even go to the ECP, or any nearby void deck for that matter, to train. So for now, guess Maurice and I will stick to our houses...

But I find that quite ridiculous, considering that all other sports have higher risk of injury except fencing. The fact is that, in softball, hockey or soccer, you do not have 3 layers of protection between you and the external environment (4 layers, for girls), and yes, I believe it is possible to kill a person with a hockey stick or softball bat in a far less elegant way than an epee... Sure, we get banged about also, but it's an occupational hazard that most CCAs go through anyway... God made our epithelial cells tough and hydrophobic for a reason..

Ooh surprise... I just wrote another DNR post...

Anyway I shall stop here... Where's my ice pack...